life time RV POLARSTERN 320 34.2 65.8 5 RV HEINCKE 194 25.2 74.8 10 Aircraft Polar 2 Polar 4 (till 2005) Polar 5 (from 2007) 5 0 15 Number of users 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 RV POLARSTERN 373 377 332 336 [...] have to be considered. 2.6.3 The units Research and supply vessel RSV ”Polarstern” The research and supply vessel RSV ”Polarstern” commissioned in 1982 is the major research tool of the German polar research [...] possibility to host 55 scientists and a variable laboratory space “Polarstern” is a most effective interdisciplinary research platform. “Polarstern” was designed to staying winter over in the pack-ice and therefore

concerns special AWI infrastructure and the opportunities that lie in RV Polarstern and the polar research aircraft. Utilising RV Polarstern to deploy process-relevant studies in the central Arctic should be [...] challenge has recently been the volatility of fuel prices for research vessels, in particular RV Polarstern (Polarstern consumes some 11,000 ton/y; the annual fuel costs have ranged from US$6.6 M to US$14.3 M [...] Mid-Term Evaluation 15 The suggested option of an overlapping period of operations of Polarstern I and Polarstern II (i.e. simultaneous operations in the Arctic and Antarctic) would open great new opp

maybe the US National Science Foundation) could also be interested in hiring RV Polarstern in the Arctic; RV Polarstern is acknowledged by, and has great support from, the international science community [...] that the AWI is in the final stages of the planning and design of Polarstern II (the replacement vessel for the present RV Polarstern), but the final confirmation and approval of these plans by the Ministry [...] the German Council of Science and Humanities ("Wissenschaftsrat") did recommend that operating RV Polarstern and its successor vessel (PSII) for a period of 3-5 years in parallel would create “window of

group leader on board. (To be used for freight to Polarstern. Delivery via AWI-Warehouse Bremerhaven) AWI Operations & Research Platforms, POLARSTERN Expeditions, Freightlabel Version 2015-02 [...] ABC123 Sender / Consignor: University Knuffingen Mail@Uni-Knuffi.de Recipient / Addressee: RV "POLARSTERN" Attn.: (Name of recipient on board) How to… The ID-Nr. here and at the freight list must be identical [...] Muster ID-Nr.: ABC123Responsible person. Can be identical with recipient. Recipient / Addressee: RV "POLARSTERN" Attn.: (Name of recipient on board) Sender / Consignor: University Knuffingen Mail@Uni-Knuffi

recipient or group leader on board. (To be used for freight to Polarstern. Delivery via any foreign port) AWI Operations & Research Platforms, POLARSTERN Expeditions, Freightlabel Version 2015-02 [...] Expedition: PS101 Name: Max Muster ID-Nr.: ABC123 Receipient / Addressee: In transit to: Master of RV "POLARSTERN" Attn.: (Name of recipient on board) c/o Agency – Name (see Deadlines) Agency – Address (see Deadlines) [...] person. Can be identical with recipient. Receipient / Addressee: In transit to: Master of RV "POLARSTERN" Attn.: (Name of recipient on board) c/o Agency – Name (see Deadlines) Agency – Address (see Deadlines)

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